Delivery system

Abstract

A delivery system includes a cooking station, a meal serving station, a drone, a meal conveying device configured to convey a meal from the cooking station to the meal serving station, and a controlling portion. A character of a theme park is displayed on the drone. The controlling portion causes the drone to fly from the cooking station to the meal serving station and causes the meal conveying device to convey the meal from the cooking station to the meal serving station such that, just after the drone has arrived at the meal serving station, the meal conveyed by the meal conveying device is served to a visitor from the meal serving station.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A delivery system in a predetermined area, the delivery system comprising:
 a manufacturing station in which a manufactured article to be served to a visitor in the predetermined area is prepared; 
 a delivery station in which the manufactured article is provided on a serving table; 
 an unmanned aerial vehicle configured to go back and forth between the manufacturing station and the delivery station without the manufactured article; 
 a manufactured-article conveying device including a conveying passage and a carrier, the conveying passage connecting the manufacturing station and the delivery station underground, and the carrier being configured to travel autonomously in the conveying passage; and 
 a processor connected to the manufacturing station, the delivery station, the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the manufactured-article conveying device, wherein: 
 the unmanned aerial vehicle is decorated with a display of the predetermined area; and 
 the processor is configured to
 cause the manufactured-article conveying device to convey the manufactured article from the manufacturing station to the delivery station, the manufactured-article conveying device being configured to convey the manufactured article by causing the carrier on which the manufactured article is placed to move from the manufacturing station to the delivery station in the conveying passage, 
 cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly from the manufacturing station toward the delivery station after the carrier on which the manufactured article is placed starts moving toward the delivery station, and 
 just after the unmanned aerial vehicle has arrived at the delivery station, cause the delivery station to serve, with the serving table, the manufactured article conveyed by the manufactured-article conveying device to the visitor. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The delivery system according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 respective chimney-shaped tubes are provided on a roof of the manufacturing station and on a roof of the delivery station; and 
 the unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to fly out of one of the tubes and then fly to enter the other one of the tubes. 
 
     
     
       3. The delivery system according to  claim 1 , wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is a drone, a flying boat, or a balloon. 
     
     
       4. The delivery system according to  claim 1 , wherein the manufactured article is a meal prepared based on an order from the visitor. 
     
     
       5. The delivery system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the manufactured-article conveying device is configured to output, to the processor, departure information indicating that the carrier has started to move toward the delivery station in response to the carrier having started to move toward the delivery station, 
 the unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to output, to the processor, an arrival signal indicating that the unmanned aerial vehicle has arrived at the delivery station in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle entering the delivery station, and 
 the processor is configured to,
 in response to receiving the departure information from the manufactured-article conveying device, output, to the unmanned aerial vehicle, a command to leave the manufacturing station and fly toward the delivery station such that the unmanned aerial vehicle arrives at the delivery station after the carrier arrives at the delivery station, and 
 in response to receiving the arrival signal from the unmanned aerial vehicle, output, to the delivery station, a command to provide the manufactured article on the serving table.